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• Bertha Bouman, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 2013)
• Alberdina Dokter, Groningen († 1999)
• Abraham Schrijver, Kampen
• Bertha Smit, Amsterdam († 2004)
• Antonius Eggelen van, Nieuwkuijk († 1926)
• Adelbert Franciscus Maria DIEMEL, Zeist († 1995)
• Delmer Dean Greenlee, Mitchell, Mitchell County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• van der Sleen, Geeserveld, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1926)
• DENISE DE MEULENAER, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1984)
• Kind, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1926)

• Anna HANEKAMP (76), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Apolonia Cornelissen (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Leonora Reijnders (1), Meerlo, Li.NL
• Adriaan de KORTE (55), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Buul (70), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur W. STILL (35), Clinton Clinton County Iowa U.S.A
• Antonia Egberdina Laanbroek (78), Heino, Ov, The Netherlands
• Apolonia CORNELISSEN (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Wessels (49), Wageningen
• Cornelis Loijkens (86), Tilburg

• 1924 » Connie Converse, American musician and singer-songwriter
• 1924 » Leon Uris, American soldier and author († 2003)
• 1925 » Lewis Rowland, American neurologist († 2017)
• 1925 » Marv Levy, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
• 1926 » Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author († 2004)
• 1926 » Gordon Scott, American actor († 2007)
• 1926 » Rona Anderson, Scottish-English actress († 2013)
• 1926 » Tony Bennett, American singer and actor
• 1928 » Cécile Aubry, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1928 » Henning Moritzen, Danish actor († 2012)

• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Grietje
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
• March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
• November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

The temperature on August 3, 1926 was between 11.1 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.